The Puerto Rican megaproducer Tainy has sold his pre-2021 catalog to Influence Media in an eight-figure deal reported to be in the $25 million range. Tainy, who got his start making reggaeton beats when he was just a teenager, has worked with stars such as Daddy Yankee, Rosalia, Don Omar, …
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Celebrity blogger Latasha Kebe made a rambling and defiant live address on YouTube Wednesday, vowing to go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal the new $4 million jury verdict reached Monday that found her liable for defaming Cardi B. “These last four years fighting this conspiracy …
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Cardi B and Joe Biden had a candid discussion about Covid-19, police brutality and the upcoming 2020 presidential election in an interview in partnership with Elle magazine. The talk comes ahead of the Democratic National Convention this week. Over Zoom, Biden started off by asking what policies in the 2020 …
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Are you too old to understand modern-day rap? Jimmy Kimmel’s got you covered with his segment “New Lyrics for Old People.” In the latest edition, the late night host translates Offset‘s “Clout, which features Cardi B. In the clip, Kimmel invites the rappers on stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live to …
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Will Kendrick finally win Album of the Year? Is Ariana the new queen of pop? Will Taylor go home empty-handed? Record of the Year “I Like It” Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin “The Joke” Brandi Carlile “This Is America” Childish Gambino “God’s Plan” Drake “Shallow” Lady Gaga and …
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Rolling Stone’s Charles Holmes and Brendan Klinkenberg sat down in our SiriusXM studio to look back on an eventful year in hip-hop, from Drake’s never-ending dominance to the continued ascension of Cardi B and our latest cover star, Travis Scott. Rap‘s generational battle continued but, as Klinkenberg points out, “the …
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It’s fitting that Cardi B released the music video for “Money” in the same week it was announced she is the first female in history to have all of the songs on an album certified gold or platinum by the RIAA. The gilded visual directed by Jora Frantzis is a …
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Rolling Stone‘s list of the year’s top 50 songs was a group effort, but that doesn’t mean there was full consensus on every pick – far from it. On the latest episode of our podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, editorial staffers Rob Sheffield, Chris Weingarten, Sarah Grant and Jon Dolan …
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